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B. Principles of Animal-Breeding. A general discussion of the principles 

 of heredity as applied to the breeding of animals, with a study of animal 

 form; origin and formation of breeds; crossing and grading, with an outline 

 of the methods of registration and the study of records and pedigrees. 

 Demonstrations, essays, and reports will be required in addition to the 

 lectures. 



A. Farm Crops. A general study of the principal cereal and forage crops 

 in Xew York State, their distril)ution, important soil and climate require- 

 ments, and cultural methods. 



A. Farm Poultry. The subjects discussed at the lectures are: the breeds; 

 poultry-house construction; preparation of eggs for market; preparation of 

 poultry for market; marketing of poultry and eggs; incubation; rearing of 

 chickens; the principles of breeding; l)reeding for egg-production; poultry-farm 

 management; feeding for egg-production; diseases of poultry. The subjects to 

 be presented in laboratories are: judging the breeds; grading and testing eggs; 

 grading and packing poultry; anatomy of poultry; study of the egg; study of 

 feeds and sanitation. 



A. General Plant Physiology. Lectures and laboratory work supplemented 

 by field studies. The topics include absorption, metabolism, relation to en- 

 vironment, growth, reproduction, and propagative process. 



B. Special Problems in Plant Physiology. Special work in certain phases 

 of physiology, including ecology and fermentation. 



A. Milk Composition and Tests. The topics considered are secretion and 

 composition of milk, samples, lactometer, Babcock fat test, acid tests, moisture 

 test, salt test, preservative tests. 



A. Plant Pathology. A fundamental course treating of the common 

 diseases of cultivated plants, their nature, cause, and control. A prerequisite 

 to all other courses in plant pathology. 



A. Principles of Soil Management. A fundamental course dealing with 

 the origin, composition, and properties of soils with particular reference to 

 their management in crop production. The laboratories will consist in prac- 

 tice designed to demonstrate fundamental physical relations, and will be 

 supplemented by laboratory lectures. 



III. NATURE-STUDY AND ELEMENTARY AGRICULTURE 



Each of the following courses will continue throughout the six weeks of 

 the Summer School. 

 A. General Nature- Study. 



I. First three weeks: observation of the habits of common birds, with 

 special reference to their nesting; the habits of the toad, frog, salamander, 

 turtle, and other reptiles; special attention to the habits and haunts of com- 

 mon fishes; field notes on the habits of common wild mammals, including 

 squirrels, chipmunks, mice, moles, woodchucks, etc.; a study of the natural 

 habits and adaptations of some of the domestic animals, including the horse, 

 cow, sheep, and pig; of the life histories of some common butterflies and moths, 

 and other insects of orchard and garden; aquatic insects; and a study of the 

 honeybee in observation hives. 



II. Second three weeks: field observations on the life histories of the 

 plants of the garden, open fields, moist ravines, marshes, and woods, special 



